Interestingly, the judge, David Carter, who had already sentenced Badawi’s co-defendant, Nader Elzuhayel, to 30 years in prison, had delayed Badawi’s sentencing for a few days because for some reason he was undecided on Badawi’s role. After reviewing evidence that showed Badawi had in fact acted as a recruiter for the other defendant, Badawi was given his sentence. One can only wonder why the judge had not examined all the evidence in the first instance.